History
The institution began as Estudio General de Navarra on October 17, 1952 with the inauguration of its School of Law with 48 students and eight professors under the direction of JosemarĂa Escrivá. The founder wished the future university "... to be a place where people acquire a high level of learning and a Christian outlook on life. We want it to be a place which encourages deep thought and reflection, so that learning is soundly rooted in true principles, and shines its light along all the paths of knowledge."
After founding its School of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1955 and its graduate business school, IESE, in 1958, the Estudio General de Navarra was established as a university by The Holy See on August 6, 1960, and received official accreditation from the State of Spain on September 8, 1962.
Since gaining university status, the university has gone by the name of Universidad de Navarra and has established several other schools and academic centers.
During all its years of functioning, it has suffered six terrorist attacks with bombs carried out by ETA being the last one on 30 October 2008, that left 17 people injured.
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